Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry FDMS

Field-desorption mass spectrometry (FDMS), where no evaporation prior to ionization is required, has been successfully used in the analysis of in volatile phosphonium salts113, although a direct thermal process gave similar spectra114. In the case where the FD spectra are complex, a chemical ionization technique may give wider applicability115. The cation is the base peak for monophosphonium salts when the [2M + anion]+ cationic species is the one for bisphosphonium compounds. 

Conventional electron impact or chemical ionization mass spectrometry requires that volatilization precede ionization and this is clearly a limiting factor in the analysis of many biochemically significant compounds. A newer ionization technique, field desorption (FD) (1, 2 ) removes this requirement and makes it possible to obtain mass spectrometric information on thermally unstable or non-volatile organic compounds such as glycoconjugates and salts. This development is particularly significant for those concerned with the analysis of glycolipids and we have therefore explored the suitability of field desorption mass spectrometry (FDMS) for this class of compounds. We have evaluated experimental procedures in order to enhance the efficiency of the ionization process and to maximize the information content of spectra obtained by this technique. 

Field desorption mass spectrometry (FDMS) indicated for the first time [215] that the analysis... 

Mass Spectrometry. Field desorption mass spectrometry has been used to analy2e PPO (179). Average molecular weight parameters (M and could be determined using either protonated (MH + ) or cation attachment (MNa + ) ions. Good agreement was found between fdms and data supphed by the manufacturer, usually less than 5% difference in all cases up to about 3000 amu. Laser desorption Fourier transform mass spectrometry was used to measure PPG ion and it was claimed that ions up to m/2 9700 (PEG) can be analy2ed by this method (180). 

FD-MS, FDMS Field desorption mass spectrometry GCO Gas chromatography-olfactometry... 

---